Oklahoma Space Grant Consortium
OSU-Speedfest

Speedfest is a unique aerospace design competition with classes at both the collegiate and high school level. Rules for each class are given before the start of the fall semester, and the competition is held at the end of April. Students at the collegiate level designed, built, and flew airplanes to a rigorous set of specifications to meet mission goals. For the first time, the aircraft were powered by small turbojets. Students at the high school level built airplanes from kits to race. Included with the kits were information to teachers to help them teach the fundamentals of aeronautics, and to excite the students about aviation topics. This year was the first in which teams of teachers were also allowed to compete. The effort was collaboration between: the Oklahoma NASA Space Grant Consortium, Boeing, American Airlines, Spirit Aerosystems, and Oklahoma State University. Over 200 students and teachers participated in the event